EarthSoft News for the Week of August 27, 2011
August 29, 2011
New Office Hours video on Qualifiers, by Janet Magurn, view here.
Golder uses EQuIS for Barrick Gold Automated Air Quality Data Monitoring System; Case Study here.
Office Hours: Using EQuIS Remap Tables. Thurs Sept. 1, 2011. Sign up: officehours@earthsoft.com.
Arkansas Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) is now available for NPDES permit reporting from EQuIS. Write Help Desk for more information.
Qualifiers – September 2011
August 24, 2011
Click here to download EarthSoft’s Office Hour: Qualifiers_Sept 2011
[length 38:51] [44MB]
This EarthSoft Office Hour video on qualifiers, is presented by EarthSoft President Janet Magurn.
Video topics include how the qualifier trigger works in the database and how to incorporate that trigger into your format.
Why the RT_QUALIFIER field is varchar (2), yet the DT_RESULT.INTERPRETED_QUALIFIER field is varchar (20), and logic behind the conditional checks for qualifiers recently implemented in the regulators formats.
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Table of Contents
Overview – 00:50
What are combined qualifiers? – 01:24
How does EQuIS check a combined qualifier? – 02:50
EQuIS structure enforcement – 04:11
Trigger logic in the DB – 05:49
Qualifier logic enforced in a format – 07:10
Lookup to RT_QUALIFIER: Pros & Cons – 09:31
Qualifier Method: Pros & Cons – 10:14
Conditional check on qualifiers & VALIDATED_YN in formats – 12:59
Adding VerifyQualifier method to a format – 15:54
How to handle congeners – 21:34
LINK: EPA Congeners website – 21:59
Question 1 – Can you write code for congeners for all the qualifiers? – 24:24
Question 2 – What about EQuIS versions and method availability? – 30:52
Question 3 – Will EarthSoft automatically update format files? – 34:18
Question 4 – What about multiple facilities, single DB , different facility reporting requirements, and each qualifier might have a different meaning? – 36:30
Question 5 – Does the VALIDATOR_QUALIFIER need to be exactly what the INTERPRETED_QUALIFIER should be?
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Golder uses EQuIS for Barrick Gold Automated Air Quality Data Monitoring System
August 24, 2011
View the following article or click on the following link to download.
Air Quality and Meteorology Network in the Dominican Republic
EarthSoft News for the Week of August 20, 2011
August 19, 2011
EQuIS environmental data management workshop for Barrick provided this week in Santiago by Scot Weaver for mines in Chile and Argentina.
Office Hours: Qualifiers; Thursday Aug. 18, by Janet Magurn. Register at officehours@earthsoft.com
Today is the last day to register for the Mid-Atlantic EQuIS User Group Meeting. Register here: http://goo.gl/SUCER
Barrick – Automated Air Monitoring at PVDC
August 19, 2011
EarthSoft News for the Week of August 13, 2011
August 15, 2011
Minnesota PCA hosted Open Training Aug 22. Register at training@earthsoft.com.
Mid-Atlantic EQuIS User Group meeting on August 19, Edison, NJ; Register now: goo.gl/qwvSt
EarthSoft News for the Week of August 6, 2011
August 5, 2011
EPA Region 3 EQuIS Training on Aug 10, by Kristin and Emily.
Black & Veatch signed a 2-year EQuIS Online contract this week for their Water and Federal Services Divisions.
GeoEngineers: “EarthSoft products are absolutely the best tools for managing environmental data…” goo.gl/AtM4K Thanks, Rob!
New Office Hours video: EQuIS for ArcGIS Group Layer Functionality. View here: youtu.be/-quLobpfKik
US Geological Survey in New York ordered EQuIS for managing their environmental data.
GeoEngineers Recommends EarthSoft
August 3, 2011
“EarthSoft products are absolutely the best tools for managing environmental data at a project, department, or company-wide level. Mitch and his team provide some of the best service I’ve ever experienced. They are flexible, knowledgeable, and honest. I highly recommend the company and their products.” December 8, 2010
